After all someone has rightly said "Enthusiasm of anniversary dies down after the third"

A customary update of the year that went by.

Feb 2008 to Jan 2009 flew off like a hat hit by a bullet (Is that a metaphor? Am I getting worse at blogging? Cant think of something better).

Busy with job, phd, parents visiting me and some trips here and there. Number of posts reduced to 4 in that period. You would find more posts than that at my blog but they were actually posted after Feb-09 back-dated using the post option in blogger (Did u know that you could do it?)

Cant guarantee more posts (than last year) before the next anniversary as it is coming up soon. But I will surely try my best and pester my readers with links to the blog filling their inboxes when I post. (I know nobody uses RSS link to my blog)

Till then have a nice time ....................

P.S> Fill in the blanks with whatever adverb suits for having a nice time. Btw, I fill it as SLEEPING.

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